When the Prisoners Ran Walpole: 50 Years Later
Harvard University, Barker Center, Thompson Room 12 Quincy Street, CambridgeDate: Thursday, March 23, 2023 (All day) to Friday, March 24, 2023 (All day) Location: Thompson Room (Barker Center 110) In the fall of 1972, the men incarcerated at the state prison in Walpole, Massachusetts organized themselves into a labor union—the National Prisoners Reform Association (NPRA). In March of 1973, when Walpole’s guards went on strike, the NPRA took over the prison and ran it peacefully for two months. Seizing on the…
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